Experimental pop auteur and Animal Collective member Panda Bear aka Noah Lennox is back with his fifth solo album and first in four years. Like his last album, Tomboy, it’s co-produced by Peter Kember, and it features two songs that have already been premiered, the woozy “Mr Noah” and mind-bending “Boys Latin,” for which you can watch the mesmerizing video below. “Mr Noah” has been already released on a four-song EP of the same name, which includes three more songs; those three extra songs will also be available on the deluxe editions of the album.

We’ve already heard the rousing track “The Party Line” and more introspective “Nobody’s Empire,” hopefully meaning the ninth Belle & Sebastian album will have something for everyone. The deluxe edition comes with four extra tracks.

Who isn’t excited about the return of Sleater-Kinney? Their eighth album comes after a 10-year hiatus for the rock ‘n’ roll greats. It’s produced by John Goodmanson, who also produced the band’s early classics, like 1997’s Dig Me Out. So far, the band has shared the songs “Bury Our Friends” and “Surface Envy,” showing zero signs that the band has dialed down its intensity in the interim—if anything, they convey the sound of bottled-up energy shooting forth. The deluxe edition LP has a two-sided poster and a bonus 180-gram vinyl 12” with two exclusive tracks on one side and an etching on the other, all of which is housed in a very cool slipcase with its own exclusive cover art (plus there’s a download card for the album).

The literary indie-rock heroes return with their seventh album. The two songs we’ve heard so far, “Make You Better” and “Lake Song,” have a rustic intimacy that speaks highly for the rest of the album. Lest you think they take themselves too seriously, Nick Offerman appears in all his over-the-top manly glory as a hokey German talk-show host in the video below for “Make You Better.”

The Swedish troubadour always seemingly does the impossible, which is to make acoustic solo singer/songwriter material feel fresh again. It’s hard to believe this is only his third album, and first since 2007’s In Our Nature. The song “Every Age” is reminding us of what we’ve been missing.

This young Catalonian quartet has already drawn up a lot of hype and comparisons to the likes of PJ Harvey and Sunny Day Real Estate with their first tracks. Undoubtedly, this Captured Tracks-signed band is already a major band to watch for 2015.

We were huge fans of Sonny & the Sunsets’ last album, Antenna to the Afterworld, which spaced out on some sci-fi psych-pop. Things sound even funkier this time around, judging by the grooving “Cheap Extensions.” Check out its awesome animated video below.

It’s been eight years since the last Modest Mouse album. With fresh reissues this year of the band’s ’90s classics, The Lonesome Crowded West and This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About, we’re due for a new one, and we’ll get it with March 3’s Strangers to Ourselves. So far, we’ve just heard “Lampshades on Fire,” which sees Isaac Brock and co. in fine form, offering a juicy bit of snarling social commentary.

Another long-time Amoeba favorite who looks like he’ll have a big 2015 is Luis Vasquez aka The Soft Moon. The Oakland-based darkwave artist has unveiled one new track, the pounding “Black,” which sounds bigger than anything he’s done yet, like he’s ready to don Trent Reznor’s mantle as our dark lord and savior.